Atheism is tied to religion in that it is religions that posit god-concepts as having a non-mythological/non-fictional basis in reality. Atheism is perfectly compatible with religions that are non-theistic.
But the question is what could be talked about. If atheism to you is merely some cosmic nihilism, then you’d be welcome to not attend and instead throw a ferret into someone’s tub to try to get money for Jackie Treehorn.
So atheism to you is just “anti religion”. Meh. That sort of conflation is what makes atheism seem so “bad” to people.
Theism and religion are not one and the same.
No, and no.
Atheism is tied to religion in that it is religions that posit god-concepts as having a non-mythological/non-fictional basis in reality. Atheism is perfectly compatible with religions that are non-theistic.
But the question is what could be talked about. If atheism to you is merely some cosmic nihilism, then you’d be welcome to not attend and instead throw a ferret into someone’s tub to try to get money for Jackie Treehorn.